Register of Speakers

Speakers and Tour guides

The Federation thinks it would be good idea to compile a list of speakers who would be available to give talks on a wide variety of local study topics.

Event organisers can sometimes struggle to find speakers on a particular topic of interest to the group or at the last minute in an emergency. It is understandable that speakers may not be able to or could not travel the length and breadth of the country but there would be times when speakers would be available within certain localities.

Hopefully such a register would be of value to members in certain circumstances.

In addition to speakers, it has been suggested, that some societies/groups may know of individuals who would be prepared to act as Guides for local historical tours. This can not only be a benefit to the visitors but can also help promote the local area as an interesting place to visit. It is out intention to attempt to set up a list with the help of the members. We would therefore ask societies/groups to let us know details of anyone who would be prepared to have their name on such a register.

We would need the Subject/Topic, the name of the speaker and the contact details.

Lucy O’Reilly

Speaker: Lucy O’Reilly
Location: Kells
Phone: 0877064421
Email: *protected email*
Topic/s: Walking tours of Kells. Access to C.O.I. which has a facsimile copy of the book of kells. Columcille’s House, Give broad history of Kells, its monastic past and its proximity to the Tailteann games.

Ida Milne

Conor Reidy

Speaker: Conor Reidy
Location: Limerick
Phone: 061202280
Email: *protected email*
Topic/s: Borstal System in Ireland. – Inebrite reformatories for criminal drunkards and the history of the Irish local and convict prison system.

Kieran Groeger

Speaker: Kieran Groeger
Location: Youghal, Co. cork
Phone: 0868291192
Email: *protected email*
Topic/s: The Trial and Execution of James Cotter. The Curious Grave of Elizabeth Scroope. The Social Life of a Garrison Town. The Story of Eric Hodges, died, Battle of the Somme, 1916.

John Allen

Speaker: John Allen
Location: tba
Phone: 0876630354
Email: *protected email*
Topic/s: The real origins of the original inhabitants of the British Isles & Ireland and their language”.

Patricia Byrne

Eugene Jordan

Speaker: Eugene Jordan
Location: Galway
Contact: 089 9561744
e-mail: *protected email*
Topics: Mother and Baby Homes – a scientific analysis. The life and times of Brian Boru; The true causes of World War I.

Nora White

Speaker: Nora White
Location: Dublin
Phone: +353876187030
Email: *protected email*
Topic/s: Ogham, the earliest writing in Ireland. Based in Dublin but willing to travel to give talks/workshops/guided visits on ogham (and the work of the Ogham in 3D project) anywhere in the country.